At the end of April, the nonprofit group Festival for African Fashion and Arts held the Fashion for Peace show inside the Nairobi National Park in Kenya. The show featured designers from Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania.The first Fashion for Peace show was held last year in response to the violence during the elections in Kenya. In 2008, more than 1,000 Kenyans were killed and hundreds of thousands driven from their homes in the aftermath of the vote. African access to the Western fashion world remains limited. "You will rarely have an African designer have the opportunity to show his or her talent internationally,"
As I continue to blog i begin to see the affect that Africa really does have on theworld. I am glad to see it making a difference though the arts. whether it be through the UN, Bantu, or fashion shows all of this is for a better cause in Africa. I love that the rich culture can stre
tch so far from its origin.
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